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How would George Henderson get on today?
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<blockquote data-quote="DRC" data-source="post: 49484" data-attributes="member: 334"><p>The problem now is justifying the expense of being in assurance schemes for small enterprises and associated costs such as buying wormers etc,tagging[sheep eid],as small quantities cost so much more. Labour would have been cheaper, as today you couldn't justify paying for help with a small flock of sheep for instance.</p><p>Last year,after ploughing most of the farm up,I was left with some small grass fields around the farmstead.I bought 28 b/blue weanlings and some store lambs as i thought it would be nice to have a few stock about,but after all expenses i reckon the cattle broke even and the sheep lost a few quid.There just wasn't the scale,so this year have let the grazing. I also couldn't have stood any losses with so few and the purchase price being so expensive.</p><p>When we had a workman and dad helped,we had pigs,lambed a flock of sheep and kept cattle.Also grew sugar beet[only 20 acres],all disappeared now as can't afford labour.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DRC, post: 49484, member: 334"] The problem now is justifying the expense of being in assurance schemes for small enterprises and associated costs such as buying wormers etc,tagging[sheep eid],as small quantities cost so much more. Labour would have been cheaper, as today you couldn't justify paying for help with a small flock of sheep for instance. Last year,after ploughing most of the farm up,I was left with some small grass fields around the farmstead.I bought 28 b/blue weanlings and some store lambs as i thought it would be nice to have a few stock about,but after all expenses i reckon the cattle broke even and the sheep lost a few quid.There just wasn't the scale,so this year have let the grazing. I also couldn't have stood any losses with so few and the purchase price being so expensive. When we had a workman and dad helped,we had pigs,lambed a flock of sheep and kept cattle.Also grew sugar beet[only 20 acres],all disappeared now as can't afford labour. [/QUOTE]
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